This place is a little humble in my opinion. I originally found this when my usual Indian favourite changed hands and the quality took a dive. The first thing I noticed here other than the fact that it's billed as an "Indian and Italian" restaurant, was that with each dish, you could taste the distinctive flavours, the Vindaloo didn't taste like the Madras or the Makhani! All the delicate flavours shine through even when you ask them for "f$@king hot", sure your head will turn purple, but you'll still be able to taste it and say "YUM!". Normally I'm hitting the Vindaloo and throwing in some insults to incite revenge from the chef for a bit of extra heat - but last night I tried the Goa Fish Curry - can these guys do no wrong?! I loved it! The mango lassis are awesome too with a little nut garnish on the top which I thought was special. Haven't tried the Italian food here yet, but that's more for your non-Indian-eating friends so they can't complain when you drag them out for Indian food yet again! We spent $72 for 3 people which covered a wine, 2 mango lassi, 3 mains, 2 garlic naans, 2 saffron rice. It was very quiet and unhurried on the Wednesday night.

Approximate cost: $20

Honestly, I love this place for it's location and it's staff. It's really one of those word-of-mouth places as you'd unlikely never find it unless you're the adventurous type. The staff have an efficiency that defies their almost Faulty Towers appearance. It feels like a step back into the 60's and the view out the window from your table could be any super-dense metropolis in the world from Hong Kong to New York depending on the weather. The food is just something that happens here - it's not important and it wont kill or offend you...you're really here for the ambience.

Approximate cost: $14

I've always known these guys make superior coffee and we've recently switched back over to make this place our regular coffee haunt after the last cafe's barista's skills left with the last barista. If you've heard of "god coffee" but never experienced it, you might want to check this place out. They only do small takeaway coffees at $3.50 which is at a premium to other places - but it matches the quality rather than the quantity. You can order extra strong at no extra cost too. I've had one meal here and it was awesome quality, but you're looking around $30 mark for a main meal here and there is some fierce local competition. In my opinion a lunch meal ideally should fit closer to the $20 mark - these prices are more your "dinner rate". But it's one of those places you take someone you want to impress and they're bound to ask "how the hell did you find this little gem!?"

Approximate cost: $28

this business is actually another arm of the Andrew's Airport Parking group. The price was much lower that elsewhere, but after the service we got I will be looking for parking elsewhere. On pickup they thought we were at Zone 5 because we were flying Jetstar - we were but it was an international flight and we had confirmed this on drop off and we had been told to wait at Zone 2. A bus turned up and told us to wait for the next bus and drove off to pick US up at Zone 5! If he'd thought to ask us our names, he would have realised we were his passengers and not left us standing around freezing for another 15 minutes while they sorted the issue out. Not even an apology for the mess-up for the pick up.

Approximate cost: $32